Non Fiction

Position
Details
Rating
Readers Count
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#101
The Selfish Gene
The Selfish Gene
  • Richard Dawkins
4.21221 reads
#102
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Color Mixing Handbook

Color Mixing Handbook
  • Various
41 read
#103
The Year of Living Biblically
The Year of Living Biblically
  • A.J. Jacobs
3.8470 reads
#104
The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca
The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca
  • Tahir Shah
4.54 reads
#105
How to Lie with Statistics
How to Lie with Statistics
  • Darrell Huff
3.7360 reads
#106
My Life in France
My Life in France
  • Julia Child
4.0264 reads
#107
In the Land of Invented Languages
In the Land of Invented Languages
  • Arika Okrent
3.8811 reads
#108
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
  • Jan Morris
21 read
#109
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San Francisco Victorians

San Francisco Victorians
  • Randolph Delehanty
51 read
#110
Victorian Glory in San Francisco and the Bay Area
Victorian Glory in San Francisco and the Bay Area
  • Paul Duchscherer
  • Douglas Keister
31 read
#111
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Food Heroes

Food Heroes: Sixteen Culinary Artisans Preserving Tradition
  • Georgia Pellegrini
51 read
#112
The Ayatollah Begs to Differ: The Paradox of Modern Iran
The Ayatollah Begs to Differ: The Paradox of Modern Iran
  • Hooman Majd
3.55 reads
#113
After the Prophet
After the Prophet
  • Lesley Hazleton
4.2116 reads
#114
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Gables and Fables

Gables and Fables: A Portrait of San Francisco's Pacific Heights
  • Anne Bloomfield
  • Arthur Bloomfield
21 read
#115
Zeitoun
Zeitoun
  • Dave Eggers
3.9263 reads
#116
The home-based business kit
The home-based business kit
  • Diana Brodman Summers
31 read
#117
My Family and Other Animals
My Family and Other Animals
  • Gerald Durrell
4.1865 reads
#118
Wabi-sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers
Wabi-sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers
  • Leonard Koren
4.0623 reads
#119
The House on First Street
The House on First Street
  • Julia Reed
11 read
#120
Blue Nights: A Memoir
Blue Nights: A Memoir
  • Joan Didion
3.52 reads
#121
The Man Who Ate Everything
The Man Who Ate Everything
  • Jeffrey Steingarten
3.3617 reads
#122
Book Lust to Go
Book Lust to Go
  • Nancy Pearl
3.52 reads
#123
Lords of the sea
Lords of the sea
  • J. R. Hale
51 read
#124
Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country
Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country
  • Louise Erdrich
43 reads
#125
Cover 8

Four Texts on Socrates

Four Texts on Socrates
  • Plato
  • Aristophanes
  • Grace Starry West (Translator)
32 reads
#126
Cover 4

The Oldest Dead White European Males & Other Reflections on the Classics

The Oldest Dead White European Males & Other Reflections on the Classics
  • Bernard Knox
41 read
#127
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
  • Mary Roach
3.93109 reads
#128
Plato
Plato
  • Julia Annas
1.252 reads
#129
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The Return of Ulysses

The Return of Ulysses: A Cultural History of Homer's Odyssey
  • Edith Hall
11 read
#130
True Stories of Censorship Battles in America's Libraries
True Stories of Censorship Battles in America's Libraries
  • Kathy Barco
51 read
#131
Clandestine in Chile
Clandestine in Chile
  • Gabriel García Márquez
3.86 reads
#132
Oaxaca Journal
Oaxaca Journal
  • Oliver Sacks
4.257 reads
#133
Wanderlust
Wanderlust
  • Rebecca Solnit
3.588 reads
#134
Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa
Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa
  • Peter Godwin
44 reads
#135
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Paintings Of California

Paintings Of California
  • Arnold Skolnick
41 read
#136
Strange Maps: An Atlas of Cartographic Curiosities
Strange Maps: An Atlas of Cartographic Curiosities
  • Frank Jacobs
3.53 reads
#137
Monique and the Mango Rains: Two Years With a Midwife in Mali
Monique and the Mango Rains: Two Years With a Midwife in Mali
  • Kris Holloway
  • John Bidwell
52 reads
#138
White Nights and Ascending Shadows: An Oral History of the San Francisco AIDS Epidemic
White Nights and Ascending Shadows: An Oral History of the San Francisco AIDS Epidemic
  • Benjamin Heim Shepard
51 read
#139
They Have a Word for It: Lighthearted Lexicon of Untranslatable Words & Phrases
They Have a Word for It: Lighthearted Lexicon of Untranslatable Words & Phrases
  • Howard Rheingold
32 reads
#140
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The White Album

The White Album: Essays
  • Joan Didion
4.1814 reads
#141
Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries
Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries
  • Neil deGrasse Tyson
3.9757 reads
#142
The Tender Bar: A Memoir
The Tender Bar: A Memoir
  • J.R. Moehringer
3.7522 reads
#143
The Solace of Open Spaces
The Solace of Open Spaces
  • Gretel Ehrlich
4.4413 reads
#144
A Short History of Christian Theophagy
A Short History of Christian Theophagy
  • Preserved Smith
21 read
#145
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
  • Alexandra Fuller
3.924 reads
#146
Ernest Hemingway, Cub Reporter: Kansas City Star Stories
Ernest Hemingway, Cub Reporter: Kansas City Star Stories
    31 read
    #147
    Legacy of Rescue: A Daughter's Tribute
    Legacy of Rescue: A Daughter's Tribute
    • Marta Fuchs
    41 read
    #148
    Cover 0

    Field Guide to Butterflies of the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento Valley Regions

    Field Guide to Butterflies of the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento Valley Regions
    • Arthur M. Shapiro
    41 read
    #149
    Fresh Off the Boat
    Fresh Off the Boat
    • Eddie Huang
    3.9318 reads
    #150
    Cover 6

    Cuba Confidential

    Cuba Confidential: Love and Vengeance in Miami and Havana
    • Ann Louise Bardach
    51 read
    #151
    Today's Isms: Communism, Fascism, Capitalism, Socialism
    Today's Isms: Communism, Fascism, Capitalism, Socialism
    • William Ebenstein
    21 read
    #152
    Cover 6

    My Berlin Kitchen

    My Berlin Kitchen: Adventures in Love and Life
    • Luisa Weiss
    41 read
    #153
    Lonely Planet: Japan
    Lonely Planet: Japan
    • Lonely Planet
    • Chris Rowthorn
    41 read
    #154
    The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
    The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
    • James McBride
    3.9669 reads
    #155
    Cover 2

    Remembering the Hiragana

    Remembering the Hiragana: A Complete Course on How to Teach Yourself the Japanese Syllabary in 3 Hours
    • James W. Heisig
    41 read
    #156
    Lives of the Trees: An Uncommon History
    Lives of the Trees: An Uncommon History
    • Diana Wells
    42 reads
    #157
    Last call
    Last call
    • Daniel Okrent
    4.255 reads
    #158
    The silent world
    The silent world
    • Jacques Yves Cousteau
    42 reads
    #159
    Pretty Good Number One
    Pretty Good Number One
    • Matthew Amster-Burton
    4.45 reads
    #160
    Cover 0

    Pleasures of a Tangled Life

    Pleasures of a Tangled Life
    • Jan Morris
    31 read
    #161
    The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute of America
    The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute of America
    • Michael Ruhlman
    3.759 reads
    #162
    Yes, Chef
    Yes, Chef
    • Marcus Samuelsson
    3.6715 reads
    #163
    Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
    Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
    • Anna Funder
    4.2740 reads
    #164
    The Snow Tourist: A Search for the World's Purest, Deepest Snowfall
    The Snow Tourist: A Search for the World's Purest, Deepest Snowfall
    • Charlie English
    41 read
    #165
    Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen
    Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen
    • Laurie Colwin
    44 reads
    #166
    I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away
    I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away
    • Bill Bryson
    3.780 reads
    #167
    Citizen 13660
    Citizen 13660
    • Miné Okubo
    31 read
    #168
    Good Time Girls: Of the Alaska/Yukon Gold Rush
    Good Time Girls: Of the Alaska/Yukon Gold Rush
    • Lael Morgan
    32 reads
    #169
    A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World
    A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World
    • Tony Horwitz
    3.678 reads
    #170
    Desperate Passage: The Donner Party's Perilous Journey West
    Desperate Passage: The Donner Party's Perilous Journey West
    • Ethan Rarick
    3.718 reads
    #171
    The Roadless Yaak: Reflections and Observations About One of Our Last Great Wild Places
    The Roadless Yaak: Reflections and Observations About One of Our Last Great Wild Places
      01 read
      #172
      Epitaph for a Peach
      Epitaph for a Peach
      • David M. Masumoto
      4.52 reads
      #173
      The Barbary Plague
      The Barbary Plague
      • Marilyn Chase
      21 read
      #174
      Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
      Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
      • Rebecca Skloot
      4.18395 reads
      #175
      H is for Hawk
      H is for Hawk
      • Helen Macdonald
      3.86129 reads
      #176
      Cover 1

      Meanwhile in San Francisco

      Meanwhile in San Francisco: The City in its Own Words
      • Wendy MacNaughton
      41 read
      #177
      Between the World and Me
      Between the World and Me
      • Ta-Nehisi Coates
      4.55544 reads
      #178
      Cover 5

      Memories of Wind and Waves

      Memories of Wind and Waves: A Self-Portrait of Lakeside Japan
      • Junichi Saga
      • Juliet Winters Carpenter (Translator)
      00 reads
      #179
      Austria
      Austria
      • Anthony Haywood
      31 read
      #180
      Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child
      Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child
      • Bob Spitz
      42 reads
      #181
      Cover 3

      Food in History

      Food in History
      • Reay Tannahill
      3.673 reads
      #182
      The Mummy Congress
      The Mummy Congress
      • Heather Pringle
      3.673 reads
      #183
      The Myth of Solid Ground: Earthquakes, Prediction, and the Fault Line Between Reason and Faith
      The Myth of Solid Ground: Earthquakes, Prediction, and the Fault Line Between Reason and Faith
      • David L. Ulin
      00 reads
      #184
      An Embarrassment of Mangoes: A Caribbean Interlude
      An Embarrassment of Mangoes: A Caribbean Interlude
      • Ann Vanderhoof
      3.53 reads
      #185
      Unseen City
      Unseen City
      • Nathanael Johnson
      3.867 reads
      #186
      Cover 0

      The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts

      The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts
      • Joshua Hammer
      11 read
      #187
      The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street
      The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street
      • Helene Hanff
      3.9113 reads
      #188
      The Anthropology of Turquoise: Reflections on Desert, Sea, Stone, and Sky
      The Anthropology of Turquoise: Reflections on Desert, Sea, Stone, and Sky
      • Ellen Meloy
      4.674 reads
      #189
      Cover 1

      Relating to Adolescents

      Relating to Adolescents: Educators in a Teenage World
      • Susan Eva Porter
      31 read
      #190
      A Year in Provence
      A Year in Provence
      • Peter Mayle
      3.9858 reads
      #191
      Mistress of the Vatican
      Mistress of the Vatican
      • Eleanor Herman
      41 read
      #192
      Cover 7

      Those Crazy Germans! A Lighthearted Guide to Germany

      Those Crazy Germans! A Lighthearted Guide to Germany
      • Steven Somers
      31 read
      #193
      Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
      Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
      • Steve Martin
      3.96123 reads
      #194
      Cover 2

      Spring

      Spring
        42 reads
        #195
        Not My Father's Son
        Not My Father's Son
        • Alan Cumming
        4.1328 reads
        #196
        Berlin: A Literary Guide for Travellers
        Berlin: A Literary Guide for Travellers
        • Paul Sullivan
        • Marcel Krueger
        21 read
        #197
        The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Non-Fiction
        The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Non-Fiction
        • Neil Gaiman
        4.334 reads
        #198
        Yes Please
        Yes Please
        • Amy Poehler
        3.79434 reads
        #199
        Wishful Drinking
        Wishful Drinking
        • Carrie Fisher
        3.88143 reads
        #200
        Tales from the Expat Harem: Foreign Women in Modern Turkey
        Tales from the Expat Harem: Foreign Women in Modern Turkey
        • Anastasia M. Ashman
        • Jennifer Eaton Gokmen
        3.52 reads